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Bible Dictionaries
Place
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To place-kick ( a goal).
(2):
(v. t.) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.
(3):
(n.) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third.
(4):
(n.) Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
(5):
(n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; - usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
(6):
(n.) Reception; effect; - implying the making room for.
(7):
(n.) Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
(8):
(n.) To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
(9):
(n.) A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
(10):
(n.) Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
(11):
(n.) Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
(12):
(n.) A definite position or passage of a document.
(13):
(n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
(14):
(n.) To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
(15):
(n.) To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
(16):
(n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
(17):
(n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Place'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/place.html. 1828.
